Traffic Safety Culture Messaging 

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Rural Safety Center) is hosting a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar.

Webinar Description
This webinar will feature information on the design of effective traffic safety messages based on an understanding of traffic safety culture. The webinar will summarize different forms of traffic safety culture message including social norms. The webinar will also discuss the importance of the message “frame” to be positive (rather than fear-based); namely, those that grow self-efficacy and align with audience values. Finally, the webinar will discuss some aspects of message design to overcome audience resistance. Together, traffic safety culture messages can be more effective in changing behavior and be more acceptable to audience communities. 

Webinar Outcomes
At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify different forms of message based on a model of traffic safety culture.
• Identify positive message frames.
• Interpret possible message effects on audience reactance.

Target Audience
This training is directed towards a very broad safety audience including, but not limited to, law enforcement, planners, engineers, first responders, elected officials, public health, tourism agencies, and safety culture experts. Participants should have some basic familiarity with transportation safety.

Course Presenters

Nic Ward, Center for Health and Safety Culture 
Nic is Director of the Center for Health and Safety Culture at Montana State University. His background is in cognitive and social psychology to understand how perceptions and social factors influence behavior. The Center examines the role of culture in decision-making processes and ways to transform culture to sustain safe and healthy behavior.

To register for the webinar, please click on the button below.  Instructions on accessing the webinar will be sent after your registration is confirmed.